MSCE : NT Server 4 in the Enterprise Study Guide [Hardcover]

Lisa Donald (Author), James Chellis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Microsoft Certified System Engineer Exam | Publication Date: March 1997

Implementing and Supporting Microsoft NT Server 4 in the Enterprise is one of the four core requirements of the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 583 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; Bk&CD Rom edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782119700
• ISBN-13: 978-0782119701
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,948,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It serves its purpose, January 29, 2000

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Carlos Santiago - See all my reviews

This review is from: McSe: Nt Server 4 in the Enterprise Study Guide (Hardcover)

I think the bad reviews about this book have been unfair. First of all, NO single book is the panacea for the test. You will always need some complement, be it a cram book or a source of exam simulation questions. I bought this book and also the MCSE Readiness Review from Microsoft Press (ISBN: 0735605394, read my review) and passed the adaptive test without a sweat.

There will be more benefit from this book if you have already taken the NT Server test and you have the material still fresh in your mind.

This book covers adquately all the exam objectives. The highlights of the book were: Trust relationships, Netware Connectivity (Migration tool for Netware), Macintosh Services, multiprotcol routing, DHCP, WINS, DSNS, TCP/IP and troubleshooting.

Only two topics were not covered as expected: Network Monitor and Performance Monitor. They missed other tiny (but important)details regarding how to enable the disk counters for RAID (diskperf -ye) and the name of the Win 95 policy file (CONFIG.POL vs NTCONFIG.POL). Many questions showed up on my test related to these topics, and that's were my "backup" book came in to the rescue.

Overall, this is and adequate book. Don't hesitate to buy it. Make sure to weed out the errors by visiting the errata section on the Sybex web site. Also, don't forget to complement it with with a cram book and/or a source of exam questions (as I did).

Recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but a good study guide., June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: McSe: Nt Server 4 in the Enterprise Study Guide (Hardcover)

I've read a total of 3 NT Server study guides. I couldn't say I passed the exam without help from this book.

This book did help me pass the exam. However, there are a few objectives that are not covered in the detail needed to pass the exam.

Questions at the end of the chapters are a bit too easy.

Would buy it again, but for this exam you need more than one book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be careful reading the bad reviews, May 18, 1999

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[e-mail] (LA, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MSCE : NT Server 4 in the Enterprise Study Guide (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed this book. When I passed the adaptive exam I KNOW I got 14 of the 15 questions right and think I probably got the other, one, too. About overlap in the series, well, the microsoft core exams have a lot of overlap. It's not the authors fault. About errors, the microsoft way is not always right. You have to learn a few 'wrong' ways to pass their exams. But, yes, the cybex books do explain a few (I've found two) things in ways that will lead you to answer a question or two wrong. Something about manditory profiles being cached locally and upgrading from 95 to NT (you can email me if your concered and need the 'right way'). Otherwise, these books are great. My employer thinks I superman since I've passed four exams in two months.